Photos: NYC subway’s evolution as it celebrates 115th anniversary
NEW YORK — Happy birthday to the New York City subway! The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is marking the 115th anniversary of the opening of the first rapid transit subway. The first subway line, running along Manhattan’s east side connecting City Hall to 145th Street in Harlem, opened on Oct. 27, 1904. That line was owned by a private company. In following years, another private company and a city-owned company also opened subway lines. The lines came together in what’s now […]